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Interviews with CVT Staff

CVT has experts who can speak on a broad range of issues related to CVT’s work, including working with refugees, mental health care and rehabilitation after torture, policy and sustainable healing after war.

Interviews with CVT Clients

CVT adheres to HIPAA regulations at all times. An informed consent process is part of any request for interviews with clients, and can take several weeks.

Defining Torture

Torture is a deliberate and systematic dismantling of a person’s identity and humanity through physical or psychological pain and suffering. Torture’s purpose is to destroy a sense of community, eliminate leaders, create a climate of fear, and produce a culture of apathy. The most common forms of torture reported by CVT clients are beatings and psychological torture. It is estimated that there are more than 50,000 torture survivors in Minnesota and as many as 1.3 million in the U.S.

Press Releases

CVT today strongly denounced President Trump’s veto of a resolution which sought to block the president from diverting critically-needed military funds to build a wall at the U.S. southern border. Read More ⇒

A new digital ad from the Center for Victims of TortureTM (CVT) strips away the rhetoric surrounding asylum and features children answering a simple but powerful question: Should we help asylum seekers? Read More ⇒

Today, bright hearts and welcoming messages for refugees fill the windows and storefronts at the corner of University and Raymond Avenues in St. Paul, and photos and supportive posts permeate social media platforms as #Hearts4Refugees celebrates refugees. Initiated by the Minnesota-based Center for Victims of TortureTM (CVT), the third annual #Hearts4Refugees initiative publicly supports Minnesota’s refugee communities and shows support for refugees around the world. Read More ⇒